Bruce Weinberg
Associate Professor
Economics
410 Arps Hall
614.292.5642
weinberg.27@osu.edu
www.bruceweinberg.net
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago, Economics (1996)
B. A., University of Chicago, Economics (1991)
Teaching/Research
Dr. Weinberg's research has three foci. One line of work considers the behavior and outcomes of youth and young adults, with emphases on family background and social networks. A second area of interest is the effect of technological change and industrial shifts on the wage structure. The third focus is on changes in creativity and productivity over the lifecycle.
Dr. Weinberg's work combines theoretical and empirical interests. Most of his papers develop theoretical models and illustrate their importance empirically. His research also tends to be question-driven rather technique-driven. He tries to use whatever techniques (both theoretical and empirical) are most appropriate for addressing a particular question, and as a consequence employs a broad range of techniques. Much of his research, across the various areas of interest, draws on work in sociology and psychology, incorporating results from these literatures into economic models.
Selected Publications
"An Assessment of British Science Over the 20th Century" (Economic Journal, forthcoming)
"Evaluating Methods for Evaluating Instruction: The Case of Higher Education," with Belton M. Fleisher and Masanori Hashimoto (Journal of Economic Education, forthcoming)
Comment on "Neighborhoods, Economic Self-Sufficiency, and the MTO," by John
Quigley and Steven Raphael (Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, 2008)
"Labour Economics," with Christopher Taber, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, ed. by Lawrence Blume and Steven N. Durlauf (Palgrave McMillan, 2008)
"Interpersonal Styles and Labor Market Outcomes," with Lex Borghans and Bas ter Weel (Journal of Human Resources, 2008)
"Do Neighborhoods Affect Work Behavior? Evidence from the NLSY79," with Patricia B. Reagan and Jeffrey J. Yankow (Journal of Labor Economics, 2004)
"Testing the Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis Using Inter-City Variations in Industrial Composition" (Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2004)
"The Impact of Neighborhood Homeownership Rates: A Review of the Theoretical and Empirical Literature," with Donald R. Haurin and Robert D. Deitz (Journal of Housing Research, 2002)
"Foreign GTAs can be Effective Teachers of Economics," with Belton Fleisher and Masanori Hashimoto (Journal of Economic Education, 2002)
"Crime Rates and Local Labor Market Opportunities in the United States: 1979-1997," with Eric Gould and David B. Mustard (Review of Economics and Statistics, 2002)
"Precautionary Demand for Education, Inequality, and Technological Progress," with Eric D. Gould and Omer Moav (Journal of Economic Growth, 2001)
"Creating Modern Art: The Changing Careers of Painters in France from Impressionism to Cubism," with David W. Galenson (American Economic Review, 2001)
"An Incentive Model of the Effect of Parental Income on Children" (Journal of Political Economy, 2001)
"Long-Term Wage Fluctuations with Industry-Specific Skills" (Journal of Labor Economics, 2001)
"Age and the Quality of Work: The Case of Modern American Painters," with David W. Galenson. (Journal of Political Economy, 2000)
"Black Residential Centralization and the Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis" (Journal of Urban Economics, 2000)
"Computer Use and the Demand for Female Workers" (Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2000)
Honors, Awards, and Service
Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (2008-09)
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland "Research, Social Interactions, and Local Economic Performance," with Subra Saha, $80,000 (2008-09)
John Templeton Foundation Grant, "Geography and Creativity" (2008-09)
National Institutes of Health Grant, "Geography and Competitiveness" (2007-08)
Associate Editor, Regional Science and Urban Economics (2007-)
Review Committee Member, National Science Foundation, Science of Science and Innovation Policy (2007)
Co-organizer, Universities, Innovation, and Economic Growth Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (2006)
Co-organizer, New Ideas about New Ideas Conference, National Bureau of Economic Research (2006)
Associate Editor, Labor Economics, New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (2003-)
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research (2005-)
Visiting Scholar, National Bureau of Economic Research (2004-05)
Visiting Scholar, Taubman Center, Harvard University (2004-05)
Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn (2002-)
National Fellow, Hoover Institution (2000-01)
National Science Foundation grant of $257,764 for "The Economics of Creativity," with David W. Galenson (2001-03)
Mershon Projects
The Integration of Immigrants in Schools (2009-10)
Segregation and Leadership in Groups
Social Interactions Lecture Series
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